This summer, I had the joy of monitoring the 24 active bluebird houses located throughout Ney. Aside from being a beautiful native bird, Bluebirds are important to us as humans because they eat a wide variety of insects that can damage crops. Due to habitat loss and the introduction of birds such as House Sparrows Read more »

To celebrate the drier weather we’ve been enjoying, I took a walk through the front prairie today.  It’s been so much fun to see what plants are coming up, and where, after the burn this spring.  Prairie plants thrive with disturbances, and the composition of our prairie changes depending on how recently it has been Read more »